Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: The chapel was packed this morning. It always is, on Ash Wednesday. Every Catholic church can expect unusually large congregations today. This is the one day of the year—apart from Christmas Day—when a clever pastor might … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: One cannot help but be overawed when entering Canterbury Cathedral, whose origins date back to St. Augustine of Canterbury, the Benedictine monk sent by Pope St. Gregory the Great to evangelize the English in 597. … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Pope Francis is “very much in favor” of a female diaconate and is looking to extend to all the baptized “some rights” that until recently belonged only to bishops, priests and religious, an Italian theologian … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: Re-reading Jesus of Nazareth, I find myself stopping frequently to meditate on Pope Benedict’s many incisive observations. But recently I was stopped in my tracks by what seemed an almost parenthetical remark: his observation that “the … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Tyler Arnold: A Nobel-prize winning biochemist and researcher who helped develop the mRNA technology used to create the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines — Katalin Karikó — is one of the newest members of the Vatican’s Pontifical … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, said frequent efforts to try to clarify and explain Fiducia Supplicans(Supplicating Trust) are only deepening confusion and what is needed … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: This isn’t a culture war “The biggest mistake we make is in believing that we are in a so-called ‘culture war,’ writes the Irish scholar Mark Dooley, at the opening of an essay for The European … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin: Libero Milone, the Vatican’s first auditor general, will lodge an appeal after a Vatican tribunal last month rejected his demand for compensation on the grounds of unlawful dismissal. Milone told the Register that his lawyers … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Edward Pentin: A female Anglican bishop who has campaigned for “gender equality” addressed the Council of Cardinals on Monday as part of a session dedicated to deepening a reflection “on the role of women in the Church.” … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Walter Sanchez Silva: Héctor Aguer, the archbishop emeritus of La Plata, Argentina, criticized two cardinals who have expressed their support for the Vatican declaration Fiducia Supplicans, which allows for the blessing of homosexual couples. In an article … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Courtney Mares: The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released a note on Saturday on discerning the validity of the sacraments. The new document signed by Pope Francis and DDF Prefect Cardinal Victor Fernández is titled … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: At a private audience on January 10, Pope Francis offered his encouragement to a group dedicated to dialogue between Christians and Marxists. That meeting, and the Pope’s remarks to the group, troubled Catholics who still have … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Matthew Santucci: The Vatican announced on Wednesday the appointment of Father Peter Wu Yishun as the bishop of the Apostolic Prefecture of Shaowu (Minbei), the third appointment of a bishop in China in just a week. According … Continue reading
Catholic News Agency, Joe Bukuras: The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that oral arguments in a high-stakes abortion pill case will be heard on March 26. The decision in the case could determine whether the abortion pill mifepristone can be … Continue reading
Catholic Culture, Phil Lawler: In talk yesterday to a Spanish tennis club, Pope Francis made the remarkable assertion that the game is “not just a battle, but also a dialogue.” Having been a competitive tennis player in my youth, I was … Continue reading
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